Hellsing Ultimate Vol. 1 (2006) | 
| Directors: Umanosuke Iida, Yasunori Urata
Actors: Joji Nakata, Crispin Freeman, Victoria Harwood, Yoshiko Sakakibara, K.t. Gray
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.98
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 14343
Format: Animated, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 50 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 013023282599
EAN: 0013023282599
ASIN: B000H5V8O0
Theatrical Release Date: July 23, 2002
Release Date: December 5, 2006
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Amazon.com
The Ultimate OVA series (2006) continues the popular vampire hunter broadcast series Hellsing (2001), both of which were based on the manga by Kouta Hirano. Vampires are stalking England, which means Sir Integra Hellsing must take them out. Most of this 50-minute segment is devoted to a duel between Hellsing's super-vampire Arucard and Father Alexander Anderson, a bio-engineered vampire in the service of the Vatican's murderous Iscariot Organization. It's a veritable gorefest, but not a particularly original one: the shooting effects are copied from T2, while the ghouls recall The Night of the Living Dead. The dialogue is often unintentionally hilarious: "It's been a while since I had my head cut off." Viewers may be repulsed by the endless sprays of blood, the leering sadism, and misappropriation of religious symbols. (Rated 16 and older, but more appropriate for 18 and older: graphic violence, violence against women, sadism, sexual situations, grotesque imagery, offensive religious imagery, tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 Oh man, this the kind of violence I love June 17, 2007
THE MAIN MAN (Central Bookin', NY)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Its rare that I give 5 stars to the very first volume of any anime. But I had to with this. I absolutely love this 1st volume. Usually things start out slow, such as the story, character development, and even the action. But not this, its all right there.
Now I never read the manga which is even better, so there were no expectations. I rarely touch animation, so I'll just say its eyecandy and thats it. The story is about an organization called Hellsing that combats vampires and the undead. Their secret weapon is a vampire named Arucard. He has to be the coolest character I've seen in awhile. He blows his enemies away like nothing. To include the special powers hes shown up to this point are impressive. A second main character is added. I won't reveal her origin because it would be a spoiler for sure.
I dont want to give away too much info. If you like action, gore, cool characters, vampires, ANIME. Then I dont believe you can go wrong with this. I dont feel its for kids due to the excessive violence and references to sex. I enjoyed this first volume so much I'm not even going to order vol.2. I'm just going to pick it up tomorrow after work.
Trying to be grand.. January 5, 2007
Michael Valdivielso (Alexandria, VA USA)
5 out of 21 found this review helpful
is not the same as being grand. The first Anime, made for TV, had great music, characters and artwork. The only failure was the plot - as the manga was not near the completion the anime had to go out and make its own ending.
Now the manga is almost complete and this anime plans to follow the plot. But the artwork sometimes seems wooden, the music is no where near as good and some lines are just not needed. Why would Sir Hellsing call Arucard a "count"? Why hit us over the head with that fact? If you are a fan you know who Arucard is and if you are not, well, thanks a lot for giving it away!
At 50 minutes a DVD there will have to be 9 or 10 DVDs just to cover the basic plot. No extras but some trailers. Sad. Not worth the money. Buy used.
True to the Hellsing Manga January 27, 2007
LMS (USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The first OVA of this popular manga is just as the creators said it would be - faithful to the manga. Covering the first volume of the manga, it might be a little fast paced for those who have seen the anime series, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and knowing what's coming up (as I have read the manga to its most up to date volume 9), I am truly looking forward to future episodes and the splendid animation. I also appreciate that Hirano and creators are taking time to bring the best possible episode to us, but gotta admit, the waiting is just painful ;).
As far as the soundtrack, I liked it enough, but I did find the one for the anime series to be slightly better. This OVA 1 soundtrack just seemed a bit "Halloweenish" to me. We also have all the talented voice actors from the anime back to resume their respective character roles. Alucard's English voice this time around, however, does seem a bit softer compared to the anime, but perhaps that will change especially with what's to come.
The disc of special features is about 1 hr composed of trailers, music videos, pictures, and a ~30 minute interview segment which provides info. on how the voice actors were cast. Good stuff.
Finally, some remarks about the DVD sold by Amazon.com - it seems there is a one disc edition and a 2-disc w/ figurine edition. I actually bought my dvd from Best Buy, which had an exclusive 2-disc edition (without the figurine). If you want the extra disc of special features but without the figurine (costs much less!), I would probably not buy it from Amazon.com since this listing is just for the one-disc as per the description.
Hope this review helps, fellow Hellsing Fans :-)!
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